EQ Pedals- UPDATE: GE-7 Mod done!

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:08 pm

I'm getting good results using an EQ pedal in front of my amp for heavy sounds. I cut a bit of bottom end, slight boost in the mids and then crank the bass on the amp. The result is a much tighter bass response. Problem is that it's creating a lot of hiss. Is this because I'm using a cheap Behringer? I've heard the Boss GE-7 can be a bit hissy too when in front of the amp. Does anyone else run an eq in front for their dirty sound? What pedal do you recommend?

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:24 pm

I hear the Keeley Sniper mod on the GE7 makes it very much better.

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:19 pm

Never heard of it. Can you point me in the right direction to get the schematics etc?

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:31 pm

Sorry, I got it wrong it's not Keeley, its Tone-jam.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... =120830811

Last time I heard about this guy a few years ago, he had stopped doing the mods due to family committments or something.. apparently he's back at it, but massively back ordered.

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:26 pm

You can try my PQ-4 to see if it makes any difference if you want...

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:41 am

I owned a ge7 and it was great, not a noisey pedal at all

However those other boss ones look like more fun

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:48 am

I used to use a Boss EQ and it did the job well, but honestly - not needed. I only used it to cover up amp inadequacies. With a decent amp, they're superfluous, imo.

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:08 pm

thehenderson wrote:I owned a ge7 and it was great, not a noisey pedal at all

Did you use it in front of a distorted amp? The Behringer is quiet if used in the loop, however in front of a heavily distorted amp it creates hiss. I've heard that the boss creates noise if used in that way too.

Rog, I'm not using it to change the tone of the amp so much, but to reduce the amount of bottom end my guitar puts into it. The amp still sounds the same, it just tightens up the bottom end a bit so I get a better metal chug.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:16 pm

OIC.

chugalug?

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:35 pm

No...

CHHUUUGGGHHHAAAALUG!!!!!!!

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Wed May 09, 2007 4:36 pm

DaNextSlash wrote:You can try my PQ-4 to see if it makes any difference if you want...

Yeah that would be cool, is it up for sale again?

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:31 pm

Na.....too precious....

Parametric is slightly too much for me tho....Im not clever enough to work it...

But I've played around with it and its quite a good booster...that's why Im keeping it

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:47 pm

slash-ed wrote:I hear the Keeley Sniper mod on the GE7 makes it very much better.

I bought the instructions for a GE-7 mod if anyone's interested.

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Fri May 11, 2007 7:58 pm

What sort of stuff's involved? I don't use my GE-7 much at all - mainly because of the hiss

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Fri May 11, 2007 8:08 pm

It involves replacing some capacitors and op-amps. PM sent.